Explaining the difference between assault and harassment, the AAUP's Anita Levy explains, "Unlike sexual harassment, which may not cross over into the realm of law enforcement, sexual assault straddles the boundary between university and local police, making it much more complicated and not as easy to provide recommendations the way that we do for other procedures on campus.”

"The American Association of University Professors has cautioned top officials of the Louisiana State University system that they appear to be trampling the rights of faculty members as they move to reorganize the system's governance."

"The nation’s top organization of professors issued a letter to LSU this week calling for an end to what it called the “seeming disregard” for faculty input taking place as the university is going through its current reorganization."

"AAUP encourages both public and private institutions to go beyond the minimum coverage prescribed by the federal act and provide some form of paid family-care leave. (AAUP recommends that all educational institutions offer paid disability leaves for pregnancy, typically six to eight weeks.)"

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